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Configuring External Cost

Use the following steps to configure your External Cost usage curves.

To configure External Cost usage curves

1. Open Usage Configuration.
2. Select from the following curves depending on what you want to display:
• Current Cost External: Select Current Cost External to display cost values for the current schedule using the external cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Current Actual External: Select Current Cost External to display cost for the current schedule using the external cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Current Remaining External: Select Current Cost External to display remaining cost for the current schedule using the external cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Approved Cost External: Select Approved Cost External to display cost values for the approved schedule using the external cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Approved Actual External: Select Approved Actual External to display actual cost values for the approved schedule using the External cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Approved Remaining External: Select Approved Remaining External to display remaining cost values for the approved schedule using the External cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Approved Schedule Variance External:

  Select Approved Schedule Variance External to display the variance, calculated as:

  Approved Cost  - (Actual Cost + Remaining Cost)

• Baseline Cost External: Select Baseline Cost External to display the cost values for the baseline schedule using the external cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Baseline Actual External: Select Baseline Actual External to display actual cost for the baseline schedule using the External cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Baseline Remaining External: Select Baseline Remaining External to display remaining cost for the baseline schedule using the External cost rate or fixed cost values for Fixed Cost assignments.
• Baseline Schedule Variance External:

  Select Baseline Schedule Variance External to display the variance calculated as:

  Baseline Cost  - (Actual Cost + Remaining Cost)

3. Click OK.